NAVARRO BARRANCO , Carlos

Las comunidades presentes en cuevas submarinas presentan un elevado interés científico desde el punto de vista taxonómico y ecológico, principalmente debido a su singular composición faunística y a las estrictas condiciones ambientales a las que las especies deben adaptarse. Sin embargo, hay aspectos de la biología y ecología de estos ambientes...

Marinas are highly anthropized environments, with singular ecological characteristics. In the present study the spatial vari-ability of the amphipod assemblage associated to floating pontoons was analyzed. Moreover, the influence of environmental data and sessile biota on the amphipod assemblage structure was also assessed. Six marinas were...

En el presente trabajo se estudia la fauna de anfípodos presente en el sustrato blando de seis cuevas submarinas de la costa Mediterránea del sur de España. Con el objetivo de caracterizar tanto la comunidad biótica como las características físico-químicas del sedimento, se tomaron muestras de sedimento a la salida y en el interior de las...

Although marine caves are priority conservation areas according to the Directive 92/43/CEE of the European Community, there is a lack of studies dealing with their soft bottom communities. For a case study, we selected the Cerro Gordo cave at 15 m depth. Three different zones were defined: a semi-dark 25-m long entrance area, a dark inter...

Mobile epifauna is an essential component of rocky reef ecosystems. In spite of this and the great scientific interest that the study of marine caves has aroused in the last decades, little research has been conducted on the macrofauna associated with animal substrates in submarine caves. This study explores the main differences between marine...

A study has been carried out for the first time of the molluscan fauna of the Cerro Gordo submarine cave in the Spanish part of the Alboran Sea. The depth of the cave bottom ranges from 16 m at its entrance, to sea level at its innermost section. Replicate soft-bottom samples were collected from three different stations along the horizontal...